The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-09
oAJoLEp BY A WOMAN.
An Incident In the Experience of n Secret
Service Detective.

Service Detective.
In the summer of 1864 complaints
were made To our bureau that some one
was showing" bogus shinplasters in
the neighborhood of Green Bay. A
good many hundred dollars worth of
the currency was let loose all at once.
and | was detailed TO proceed TO Wis
consin and work up the case. Ii was
settled before started that the ''stufr"
had been printed from plates made by
an engraver known To Us as ''Slick
Sam" His right name was. | believe.
George Disston, and he was then in
State prison ON long sentence. IL was
pretty certain that the plates had fallen
into the hands of some of his pals, and
were being made use of in lively man
ner. IL was probable that the printing
was being done in Chicago. and that I'm
agent had struck Greer Bay to un-
load.
Upon reachng.the place mentioned |
found that almost every branch OF trade
had suffered, and pretty soon was able
10 show that most of the bogus money
had been passed upon them during one
week. Then they began 10 hunt up
sales aud remember buyers. and it was
settled that the '.shover" was an old
EEANhAtith Hlih hAttied NtMtiis NhO
lived on farm few miles away. He
had purchased dry goods. notions, hard
ware. drugs. and almost -erything
else, paying shinplasters which APP
peared almost new. Ii was PLAIN to me.
after getting thus far, that he had
bought his bogus money outright of
some agent or had sent to parties in
some city for it
1 af-F@uF f.afsh Inn fshgAk
the cars to within four miles of his
house. and accomplished the rest of the
way on foot He lived in the woods. IN
a log house. and had but "A few acres
cleared. Evidences of poverty and
shiftlessness could be found on every
hand. | was quite certain that / saw
him about the door of the house while |
was vet some ways Off but when
reached it the door was shut aud no
one was in sight. However. after had
done some lively rapping muscular
woman about 30 years old opened the
door and inquired my business. re-
piled that | was an agent from Chicago
and desired To see her husband. She
invited me in, believing. as | meant her
io believe, that had come as the agent
OF tue counlerfeiters. She stated that
her husband was OF hunting. but would
be home soon.
After we had talked for half an hour
or more the woman's demeanor suddenly
changed What aroused her suspicion
can't say. but saw that she looked on
me with distrusL Thinking that the
plain way was the best way | told her
who | was aud INV errand.
so YOU are detective. come TO arrest
INV husbandr' she called in loud
voice.
sought to calm her. aud had instant
success. She settled down In her chair
and said she had been expecting it for
weeks. and that her husband must make
the best of the situation. She shed tears
aud seemed much affected. and as the
time passed and wanted to go out and
hunt up Newell she excused his con-
I tiued absence and kept me seated on
I the plea that he must soon show up.
/ had been there two hours when we
heard voice shouting for help. While
/ | ran out doors she rushed into the
/ other room. passed halfway around
/ the house TO find the old man hanging
/ head downward. hands on the ground
and feet in a small window four or five
I feet up. After had released him and
taken him into custody | found that he
z iNh A1h AhAD AhO 'opAAi Nhtb AAt ga" AAAS
/ approaching the house. When the wife
raised her voice il was to warn him who
! l was and what brought me there. He
( elm bed out OF the window TO escape,
but IN his descent his trousers caught
+ on mail and held him fast The wife
was delaining me in order TO give him q
I good start. but 1T turned out that she
was only prolonging his sufferings. He
/ stood it until he could bear it no more,
1 and then called out The case against
I him was so strong that he made no de
fense, and received sentence of si1
4 years. Detroit Free Press.